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SQL Server random logistic distribution


RANDLOGISTIC

Updated: 31 March 2014


Use the table-valued function RANDLOGISTIC to generate a sequence of random numbers from a logistic distribution with parameters @Location and @Scale.
Syntax
SELECT * FROM [wctMath].[wct].[RANDLOGISTIC](
  <@Rows, int,>
 ,<@Location, float,>
 ,<@Scale, float,>)
Arguments
@Rows
the number of rows to generate. @Rows must be of the type int or of a type that implicitly converts to int.
@Location
the location parameter. @Shape must be of the type float or of a type that implicitly converts to float.
@Scale
the scale parameter. @Scale must be of the type float or of a type that implicitly converts to float.
Return Types
RETURNS TABLE (
      [Seq] [int] NULL,
      [X] [float] NULL
)
Remarks
·         @Scale must be greater than zero.
·         If @Shape is NULL then @Shape is set to 0.
·         If @Scale is NULL then @Scale is set to 1.
·         If @Rows is less than 1 then no rows are returned.
Examples
In this example we create a sequence of 1,000,000 random numbers rounded to one decimal place from the logistic distribution with @Location = 0 and @Scale =1, COUNT the results, and paste them into Excel, and graph them.
SELECT
   X,
   COUNT(*) as [COUNT]
FROM (
   SELECT
      ROUND(X,1) as X
   FROM
      wct.RANDLOGISTIC(
         1000000, --@Rows
         0,       --@Location
         1        --@Scale
         )
   )n
GROUP BY
   X
ORDER BY
   X

This produces the following result.



In this example we generate 1,000,000 random numbers from a logistic distribution with @Location of 60 and @Scale of 1.333333. We calculate the mean, standard deviation, skewness, and excess kurtosis from the resultant table and compare those values to the expected values for the distribution.
DECLARE @size as int = 1000000
DECLARE @location as float = 60
DECLARE @scale as float = 1.333333
DECLARE @mean as float = @location
DECLARE @var as float = POWER(@scale,2)*POWER(PI(),2)/3e+00
DECLARE @stdev as float = SQRT(@var)
DECLARE @skew as float = 0
DECLARE @kurt as float = 1.2
 
SELECT
   stat,
   [RANDLOGISTIC],
   [EXPECTED]
FROM (
   SELECT
      x.*
   FROM (
      SELECT
         AVG(x) as mean_LOGISTIC,
         STDEVP(x) as stdev_LOGISTIC,
         wct.SKEWNESS_P(x) as skew_LOGISTIC,
         wct.KURTOSIS_P(x) as kurt_LOGISTIC
      FROM
         wct.RANDLOGISTIC(@size,@location,@scale)
      )n
   CROSS APPLY(
      VALUES
         ('RANDLOGISTIC','avg', mean_LOGISTIC),
         ('RANDLOGISTIC','stdev', stdev_LOGISTIC),
         ('RANDLOGISTIC','skew', skew_LOGISTIC),
         ('RANDLOGISTIC','kurt', kurt_LOGISTIC),
         ('EXPECTED','avg',@mean),
         ('EXPECTED','stdev',@stdev),
         ('EXPECTED','skew',@skew),
         ('EXPECTED','kurt',@kurt)
      )x(fn_name,stat,val_stat)    
   )d
PIVOT(sum(val_stat) FOR fn_name in([RANDLOGISTIC],[EXPECTED])) P

This produces the following result (your result will be different).

stat
RANDLOGISTIC
EXPECTED
avg
59.9978527
60
kurt
1.211283085
1.2
skew
0.001022549
0
stdev
2.413409367
2.418398548

 

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